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Post by retina on Apr 13, 2013 3:48:26 GMT -5
Weren't they sold as Skylight 1a and 1b, with the 1b being warmer in tone? I'm pretty sure they were intended for using with slide film. Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Mar 7, 2013 14:11:52 GMT -5
G'day robbiechad,
Welcome to the group, you'll find it a place for collectors. A fine selection of cameras you have there by the looks of it too.
What's in that pint? Old Speckled Hen?
Regards, Chris Sherlock
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Post by retina on Feb 5, 2013 13:08:44 GMT -5
G'day All,
Looks like a Kodak Premo to me. There were plenty of models and sizes.
Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Jan 29, 2013 12:19:04 GMT -5
I've only got one Topcon unfortunately, a Topcon R, which is a great camera. I did briefly have a nice Topcon RE Super that I'd received in payment for a repair, but times were hard and I had to turn that one back into money.
Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Oct 29, 2012 12:42:48 GMT -5
The Voigtlander Prominent 35mm rangefinder camera certainly does not shift the film in order to adjust the focus, the shutter and lens assembly are simply racked backwards or forwards instead.
Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Sept 22, 2012 14:19:57 GMT -5
G'day Stephen, You are quite correct with your description of the mirror and following closing plate. What makes the Firstflex interesting is that it is an instant-return mirror. Once the closing plate hits the mirror, they drop back down together. Here is a little bit more on the Firstflex 35 models from my website if you haven't found it already. retinarescue.com/firstflex35.htmlRegards, Chris
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Post by retina on Sept 21, 2012 23:10:38 GMT -5
G'day Berndt, the mirror IS the shutter on this camera.
As an aside, Stephen, did you get the standard lens with the camera, or did you just get a body? and did you get the accessory shoe, which mounts on the rewind knob end?
I've got a Firstflex like this and the Plusflex, but I've only seen one accessory shoe on Ebay, and as luck would have it, the seller had it listed as US or UK only, I forget which, and I don't think I could even ask questions...
Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Sept 14, 2012 18:19:45 GMT -5
G'day Bill,
I think it is an incurable disease, but a bigger house helps relieve the symptoms...or more sheds...
Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Sept 10, 2012 18:34:20 GMT -5
G'day Stephen, You have a nice example of the early Paxette there. I've found that none of the early Paxettes have serial numbers, although the later ones certainly did! I did my best to sort out the history of the early Paxette models, and you can see what I found out here... retinarescue.com/paxettehistory.htmlRegards, Chris
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G'day
Mar 20, 2012 15:21:34 GMT -5
Post by retina on Mar 20, 2012 15:21:34 GMT -5
I knew I had it here someplace. I've turned up a New Zealand Kodak catalogue from around 1959. The Retina IIC was at that time £49/18/6. Chances are high the Retina IIc of a couple of years earlier was very much the same price. Of course, if you were well-heeled, you could always go for the Retina IIIS with 50mm f/1.9 Xenon at only £91/16/-
Regards, Chris
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G'day
Mar 20, 2012 0:45:22 GMT -5
Post by retina on Mar 20, 2012 0:45:22 GMT -5
G'day Keith,
I've got a good library, and the New Zealand Kodak trade Bulletin for April 1956 lists the Retina Ib at £37 9s 0d, but the buggers don't list the IIc sorry, maybe it was not imported into NZ at that time. The same month Kodak were touting the new high-speed film Kodak Tri-X.
Regards, Chris
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New toy
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Post by retina on Feb 25, 2012 21:30:37 GMT -5
Well, my new toy arrived while I was away on holiday. Now I've finally got a Contax. It's a color-dial IIa with a 50mm f/3.5 Tessar , so I'm very pleased. Of course the shutter is stuck, so I'll need to do some work to get it going properly, but that'll have to wait for the moment.
Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Feb 12, 2012 23:55:36 GMT -5
I must have been much too restrained in my buying practices, I've only added about one camera a month over the last year, and have only somewhere around 350 cameras, but at least I have got another new toy coming very soon..hopefully it'll be here in about a weeks time.
Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Feb 6, 2012 16:56:57 GMT -5
G'day Dave,
Yes, I've built up a good selection of parts over the years. A lot pillaged from dead cameras that beyond saving, and many more gained from purchasing the stock from the estates of a camera repairmen. I was fortunate enough to secure a large trove of Retina parts from the estate of a repairer in the UK. I had to get up at 4am to get my final bid in as I recall.
I did ask about any special camera repair tools that might have been with all those parts, but one of the sons had declared them too specialised to be of any use, and had promptly dumped the lot!
When parts were to be had from the manufacturer, it was common for them to be sold in handy quantities, rather than as singles, perhaps 10 screws, or 5 springs. Consequently, repairers often had a good variety of odd parts on hand.
Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Feb 5, 2012 20:56:53 GMT -5
G'day All,
Here is the latest addition to my collection. I've just had an interesting day getting it all back up and running. The shutter blades were absolutely gummed up with oil and during the CLA process I found that a gear in the self-timer mechanism had lost a tooth. Anyway, that's what spare parts boxes are for, and now it is all working nicely.
Oh, and I only lost one spring in the process, and had to use something from the spare parts boxes for that too.
I find springs in particular tend to disappear during repairs. I usually later recover two out of every three 'lost' springs during the hunt for something else...
Regards, Chris
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